Tag Archives: Shoalwater Bay Tribe. June 24, ; Tiffany Royal News. The Skokomish Tribe is upgrading its water quality lab to a state-of-the-art facility.
Ezelle said it was groups working together with the full support of the local community that is making the tower a reality. A crew of four was on the site in the early afternoon, pounding metal tubes against the ground and measuring the results. About 10 years ago we were devising ways how to deal with the tremendous earthquake hazard in this state, especially along the coast, and we came up with the idea that the best way to survive is to build up. Dave Nelson and George Crawford, were honored for starting the tribe on the path to the tower and were a big part of getting the tsunami warning sirens put in along Tokeland Road. Past emergency managers honored Dave Nelson and George Crawford, were honored for starting the tribe on the path to the tower and were a big part of getting the tsunami warning sirens put in along Tokeland Road. Sign up. Nelson, Crawford and the other speakers were presented with hand-made necklaces to commemorate the event. Shipman announced that Department of Natural Resources state geologist surprised her earlier in the day, bringing a crew to the proposed site for the evacuation tower off the end of Blackberry Lane about a mile and a half east of the Shoalwater gym off of the Tokeland Road. Top stories in Washington.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} Shipman said the north siren is named George, the southern one, where the tower is to be built, is named Dave in their honor. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}The Tokeland tower will be only the second structure of its type built in the nation; the first was built just a few years ago at the Ocosta school south of Westport. The tower would hold about people. He said the full power of the military would be provided in the event of a tsunami event, but individual and family preparedness is the real key to survival. Joe Smillie with the Department of Natural Resources gave a brief rundown of the type of testing done. The Tokeland tower will be built to withstand a Cascadia Subduction Zone event, which is a magnitude-9 earthquake or above that could send a tsunami tens of feet high into coastal areas that could linger for more than a day before receding, destroying infrastructure like roads, bridges and emergency services along its path. By Dan Hammock Daily World.